Safety-razor attachment.



P. CHELESZ.

SAFETY RAZOR ATTACHMENTV APPLICATION FILED JULY 31. 1916.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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PETER GHELESZ, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-RAZOR ATTACHMENT.

Application filed July 31, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER CHnLnsz, a subject of the Czar of Russia. residing at l/VilkesBarre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety- Razor Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in safety razor attachments.

The primary object of the invention is the prrwision of an attachment for razors adapted for insuring safety of operation, the same being adjustable for shaving at different degrees of closeness.

A further object of the device is to pro vide a safety attachment for a. razor blade readily attached thereto and removed therefrom, consisting of few parts easily and cheaply manufactured and arranged with an adjustably locked guard device.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a safety attachment readily secured in operative position tothe blade of an ordinary razor adapted for positioning a guard properly placed with respect to the cutting edge of the blade.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of a razor having the blade thereof provided with the present device, the razor handle being broken away. 4

Fig. 2 is an elevational view looking toward the rear edge of the razor.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken upon line IVIV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevational view of a portion of the elements shown in Fig. 1 including the adjustable locking device for the guard.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the mounting member detached.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the guard detached.

The present device is designed for any form of the ordinary construction of razors and is herein illustrated in connection with the razor 10 having the blade 11 provided with a shank 12 pivoted to the handle 13 by means of the rivet 14.

The device broadly consistsof a body or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Serial No. 112,286.

mounting portion 15 formed of resilient sheet metal bent upon itself in arched arrangement to substantially conform to the shape of the back portion of the blade 11. Inwardly projecting end flanges 10 are mounted upon the front side 17 of the base 15 adapted for the sliding reception of a guard plate 18 therebetween. The back portion 19 of the base 15 is cut-away as at 20 while the material at the forward edge of the cut-away portion 20 is rolled over form ing a tube 21 within which a bolt 22 is slidably mounted. A pin 23 angularly projects from the bolt 22 extending through a longitudinal slot 24: in the tube 21 whereby the bolt is readily manipulated longitudinally.

An angular upright keeper plate 25 is provided upon the upper concaved edge 26 of the guard 18 provided with a plurality of keeper openings 27 adapted for the reception of the bolt 22 when the guard 18 is suitably adjusted upon the base 15.

From this detailed description of the device it will be readily apparent that the base 15 may be slid longitudinally upon the blade 11 and maintained in close fitting relation therewith by reason of the resiliency. of the metal of which it is formed. The blade 18 is provided with a curved comb portion or teeth 28 upon its lower edge opposite the concaved edge 26 thereof, the said teeth being positioned adjacent the cutting edge 29 of the blade when the device is operatively arranged thereon. A close or a coarse shave may be produced by the cutting edge 29 by regulating the position of the teeth 28, which teeth are adapted to freely slide over the surface to be shaved without injury thereto and protecting such surface from being out by the edge 29. The bolt 22 is normally projected by means of a spring 30 arranged in the tube 21 adjacent the closed end 31 thereof and is employed for maintaining the guard 18 and its teeth 28 at the desired adjustment.

The present device provides a guard for razor blades which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture being of light weight and completely fulfilling the objects for which it is designed.

What I claim as new is A safety device for razor blades comprising an overturned sheet metal resilient base having the central longitudinal portion thereof cut away, guide flanges upon the forward side of the base, a guard plate mounted within said flanges shiftablo transversely of said base, curved teeth upon one edge of the guard plate projecting forwardly of the adjacent edge of the base, the opposite edge of said plate being of arouate form, a tubular member upon the forward edge of the cutaway portion of the base, a spring-pressed normally projected bolt Within the tubular member, and a projecting keeper carried by the arcuate edge of the guide plate and be- 10 ing provided with a plurality of receiving openings for said bolt when the plate is operatively arranged in its adjusted position upon the base.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature. 1-?

PETER GHELESZ.

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